24 FEB 23 Friday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“If you listen to these regulations and faithfully obey them, the Lord your God will keep his covenant of unfailing love with you. He will love and bless you..You will be blessed above all the nations of the earth.” Deut. 7:12a, 13a, 14a
God is the same in the Old Testament and the New. He is always internally consistent, in that he operates the same. He is truth, love, and holy. None of his attributes are in conflict with the other. That is hard for us to understand because we don’t have that clarity or perfection. We also don’t completely do what we say we will do. It hard to comprehend that someone can.
God is love and his love is much different than friendship love and romantic love. He loves us prior to faith with a love that is unmerited and unconditional in a sense. His love is not dependent on us. He loves us even though we are unworthy of it. When we enter into a relationship with him, it is a covenant love. There are conditions to receiving more love, but we are not separated from it.
In this passage, God tells the Jewish people that if they listen and obey, they will experience more love from God and will make their lives fruitful in children and sustainment. Jesus says the same thing for us when we are in this new covenant relationship. If you obey His commands, it demonstrates our love for him. The Father will love us and he will love us and reveal himself to us. (John 14:21) He will make us fruitful in the Spirit, in disciples, and life.
As you reflect today, do you want more of God’s love? Are you obeying Jesus’ commands?
Reading Plan: Psalm 31, 95; Deut. 7:12-16; Titus 2:1-15; John 1:35-42
Daily Office Year 1
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